#VoteSickleCell - The Sickle Cell Bill S.2465 needs your help. Contact your House member and ask them to consider S.2465 for a vote this year.

S.2465 THE SICKLE CELL TREATMENT ACT

JOIN US! ADVOCATE NOW!

The Sickle Cell Treatment Act (Bill S. 2465) Passed the Senate!

Senate bill S.2465 (the Sickle Cell Treatment Act) passed the Senate on October 11. The bill is currently in the House and needs your help. Contact your current House Representative before the year is over. Ask them to consider S.2465 for a vote this year.

We need #S2465 to expand research in Sickle Cell Disease and to find a cure. @RepHandle please consider S2465 for a vote this year to pass the bill! #VoteSickleCell #S2465

Please consider #S2465, @RepHandle! Join your colleagues in supporting research, surveillance, prevention and treatment for Sickle Cell Disease. Show Sickle Cell patients that you support them in every way. #VoteSickleCell #S2465

@RepHandle, we need your support on #S2465! This bill will reauthorize a Sickle Cell prevention and demonstration program. For patients and caregivers this program can save lives. Please consider S2465 for a vote this year and stand with patients. #VoteSickleCell #S2465

Additional Bill Information

What's the Rush? The current House still has four weeks to work this year. The time between the new House being sworn in and the current House finishing their terms is called lame duck session. Many bills, like S.2465 get passed during this time.

How long do we have?
The current House has only four more weeks of work:

November 13-16

November 26-30

December 3-7

December 10-14

With the election over and the new House transitioning, we have to make sure that the S.2465 Sickle Cell Treatment Act is voted on this year. There is a chance that they can miss it during the transition.

What is the History of the the Sickle Cell Treatment Act?

In 2017, Rep. Danny Davis introduced House Bill HR2465 the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Act of 2017, to the House of Representatives. The bill passed the House to the Senate on February 26, 2018.

Does the New Language Hurt Sickle Cell Disease?

Nope! The addition of the new language helped the bill move through the Senate. In fact, this is the fastest this bill has ever moved through Congress. It is very rare that a bill will be signed into law if it only supports one disease - so this is amazing progress.

The SCDAA, the American Society of Hematology, and many other parties worked hard to ensure that the bill will still focus on sickle cell disease. For more information on the bill, you can visit the SCDAA's website.

One last thing: Please forward or share this toolkit with others that could use it. Join us today to help get S.2465 through the last step and passed this year!